Zainab Salbi
Character Analysis

Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi woman who grew up as close friends with the family of Iraq’s despot, Saddam Hussein. Zainab was pushed into a marriage in America because her mother feared Saddam Hussein’s lust for her. After learning of rape camps in war-torn Bosnia, Zainab founded what would become Women for Women International to help the countless unaided rape survivors.

Get the entire Half the Sky LitChart as a printable PDF.

"My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." -Graham S.